Solve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɑlv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Solve is a verb meaning To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
Meaning
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
More Meanings
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
- (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
- (now rare, chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation.
- (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
Example Sentences
to solve a murder to solve a crime
God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
The solve is this, that thou dost common grow.
True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
Word Forms
- solves
- solving
- solved
Synonyms for solve
Depending on context, synonyms include absolve, decipher, meliorate, ravel, resolve, riddle.
Antonyms for solve
Common opposites include confuse, missolve.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include resolve, work, lick, elucidate, resolving, answer.
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